Early Life
Mohanlal Sukhadia was born in a Jain family of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. His father, Purshottam Lal Sukhadia, was a well known cricketer of the Bombay and Saurashtra teams.
After completing primary education in Nathdwara and Udaipur, he went Mumbai to attain Diploma in Electrical engineering from VJTI. Sukhadia got elected as General Secretary of student’s body in VJTI. Mr. Berley, British Principal of the college, wanted to invite governor of Bombay in a college ceremony. Sukhadia, along with other students, vehemently opposed the idea and asserted to invite then Chief Minister of Bombay Government Shri B. G. Kher instead. Finally, college authorities had to bow down against the demands of students. Sukhadia successfully led his first revolt against British Rule exemplifying his uncanny leadership abilities and managerial skills.
During college days, he came in contact with prominent national leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Yusuf Meherally and Ashok Mehta. Sukhadia used to regularly attend meetings of congress workers and volunteers headed by Sardar Patel in Mumbai.
When he came back to Nathdwara, he started a small Electrical workshop. This shop was essentially a meeting place where Sukhadia and his friends would discuss about the ubiquitous autocracies of British Rule and socio-economic reforms in the region. Various education and social awareness programs were schemed and executed in the region by Sukhadia and his fellow workers.
He married to Indubala on 1 June 1938 in Beawar. This inter-caste marriage was not an ordinary event in those days of society. Reckoning a stiff backlash in Nathdwara and Udaipur, Sukhadia decided to perform the ceremony in Beawar adhering to customs of Arya Samaj. When he returned to Nathdwara with Indubala, he was hailed by large number of his supporters. Young overjoyed supporters thronged the streets of Nathwara, steered a huge rally across the town and greeted him with slogans, “Mohan Bhaiya Jindabad”. This remained to be one of the most memorable and inspiring moments of his life. Sukhadia himself acknowledged this fact to one his protagonists few days before his death.
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